Railroad-passenger-ticket holder



w. LEVY.

RAILROAD PASSENGER TICKET HOLDER. APPLIQATION FILED vac. e, 1919.

WILLIAM LEVY, OF PATERSON', NEW JERSEY.

, RAILROAD-PASSENGER-TICKET HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

Application filed December 6, 1919. Serial No. 343,122.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM LEVY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Passenger-Ticket Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a ticket holder adapted to easily and quickly receive a railroad or other ticket.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of this type wherein the ticket may be advantageously displayed and thereby prevent annoyance to the passengers and delay to the conductors.

Another object of the invention is to provide a ticket holder which may be quickly and securely attached to the back of the conventional car seat.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of this nature which is extremely simple and inexpensive in manufacture.

The invention will be better understood from the detailed description which follows.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a .front view of the ticket holder.

Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof.

The holder includes a U-shaped member, referred to generally by the numeral 1. This U-shaped member consists of two substantially parallel arms 2, 2, and a cross member 3, at the lower portion thereof. The cross member 3, and the lower portion of the arms 2, 2, are provided with inturned flanges A. It will be understood, of course, that the U-shaped member and the flanges may be stamped from one piece of sheet metal.

A sheet of transparent material 5, is suitably secured to the arms 2,, 2, within the inturned flange portions.

Adjacent their upper ends, the arms are provided with apertures 6, for receiving the ordinary securing means such as screws. .These arms, as shown at 7, are curved backward slightly to conform to the curvature of the upper edge of the seat-back.

A suitable number of securing pins 8,

extend longitudinally from the lower portion of the U-shaped member.

From the above description it will be clear that the ticket holder is quickly and easily attached to the seat-back by inserting the pins 8, in the plush or cane, and pressing the curved portion of the arms 2, 2, against the upper edge of the back, and preferably under the ordinary binding strip. Suitable securing means, such as screws or nails, are then passed through the binding strip and apertures 6.

The inturned flange portions will rest against the seat-back.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described including means for holding a ticket, said means being provided with a longitudinally extending pin at the lower portion thereof, and with alongitudinally extending arm at the upper portion thereof, said arm being curved to conform to the curvature of a seatback.

2. A ticket holder including two substantially parallel arms, a cross member at the lower portion thereof, a sheet of transparent material secured to said arms, said arms and cross member being provided with inturned flanges, and means for securing said member to a seat-back.

3. 'A sheet metal ticket holder, consisting of a U-shaped member, a sheet of transparent material secured to the lower portion 2 thereof, said U-shaped member being provided with inturned flanges, securing pins projecting from the bottom of said member, the upper portion of said member being curved and provided with apertures.

4:. A ticket holder comprising a U-shaped frame, provided with an inturned flange at the bottom and sides thereof, said frame having a sheet of transparent material attached thereto, the upper ends of the U- shaped frame being curved, and the lower portion thereof being provided with longitudinally extending pins.

WILLIAM LEVY. 

